Comments on Advance Indiana™: Michelle Obama's Former Boss Offered $150,000 Bribe To Silence Rev. Wright According To Book's Author

It is no wonder that those in the know call DC the...

2012-05-15T19:19:47.121-05:00

It is no wonder that those in the know call DC the District of Criminals. Wayne Madsen has announced the title of his forthcoming book, THE MANUFACTURING OF A PRESIDENT: THE CIA'S INSERTION OF BARACK h. OBAMA INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

They just got the federal salary database up and r...

2012-05-15T12:50:22.683-05:00

They just got the federal salary database up and running.

http://php.app.com/fed_employees11/search.php

Since I don't know a lot of federal employees, I fired Jennifer Wagner in there for 2009.

WAGNER, JENNIFER A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY District of Columbia District of Columbia WASHINGTON PUBLIC AFFAIRS GS 13 $86,927 $0

That's some seriously nice cash, far better than almost anyone makes in Indianapolis.

How do you get one of these fed jobs? It seems like only an idiot would take an insecure and long-hours private sector job when there's this type of cash waiting in the federal government.

I should add that Edwards' lawyers contend tha...

2012-05-15T06:24:25.393-05:00

I should add that Edwards' lawyers contend that there is no basis for the criminal charges based on federal campaign law violations. It's a test case by the Obama Justice Department--a test not likely to be repeated by it against Obama.

For shorthand, the media has repeatedly referred t...

2012-05-15T06:17:09.172-05:00

For shorthand, the media has repeatedly referred to the charges against John Edwards as bribery. He is actually charged with federal campaign law violations. Essentially, the charges boil down to raising and spending money for the candidate for a purpose other than his election.

I do not mean to split hairs, but in our professio...

2012-05-15T04:22:01.076-05:00

I do not mean to split hairs, but in our profession, words are important. A "bribe" is a private payment to a public official for a benefit. If there are no facts other than those you set forth, any money paid by a private individual to a private individual would not be a "bribe." Perhaps the payment is nixious, but not illegal---again, without more facts than related in your blog. This is less splitting of hair (stylish as it was in that YouTube viral in 2008) as we see at present in the John Edwards trial.

"Corruption is as corruption does." --T...

2012-05-14T20:41:05.416-05:00

"Corruption is as corruption does."

--The Democrat Machine